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Registration is now open for the third European Heritage Hub Forum, focusing on “EU Enlargement: Cultural Heritage as a Key Resource for Cities & Civil Society”. The event will take place from 3-4 April 2025 in Budva, Montenegro, in a hybrid format, both in-person and online.

On 18 March 2025, Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank (EIB) published the list of 7 most endangered cultural heritage sites in Europe, which includes the Great Synagogue in Orla. This initiative is an important effort to save the endangered heritage of our continent, providing communication, expert, and financial support for the protection of exceptional monuments. The EIB grant for each laureate of the 7 Most Endangered Programme amounts to €10,000.

Heavy industry in Silesia is changing… Adaptation to new functions often becomes the only chance for the survival of industrial heritage. How can we best protect and manage these sites? In the next episode of the podcast “On The Road,” Katarzyna Jagodzińska and John Beauchamp will explore the industrial trail between Zabrze, Ostrava, and Świętochłowice, listening to the echoes of former industrial plants in Silesia.

On 25 February 2025, the third meeting dedicated to the Kraków Fortress was held as part of the Kraków Heritage Forum. The aim of the event was to summarise the potential of this largest fortress complex in Europe, reflect on current challenges and outline directions for future activities to fully develop the offer aimed at both residents and tourists.

The European Heritage Hub made an appearance in Kraków to lead a half-day-long seminar at the Jagiellonian University. On 7 March 2025, together with academics and local heritage professionals, members of the European Heritage Hub project met with students to discuss possibilities for youth engagement in various heritage issues.

The Krakow Hub team would like to welcome the newly-opened Nicosia Heritage Hub to the fold! The last few days of February saw the official inauguration of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Nicosia on the island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Kraków Hub was represented by John Beauchamp, who made a presentation to gathered notables, diplomats and partners in Nicosia on our ongoing activities and called for deeper collaboration between the Europa Nostra Heritage Hubs.

In the inaugural episode of our new podcast series “Heritage Hour,” we talk to leading experts about the preservation of Jewish heritage in Poland.The discussion surrounds the synagogue in Orla, located near the Polish-Belarusian border. This site has been nominated for this year’s edition of the 7 Most Endangered programme run by Europa Nostra.

Yesterday, on 6 February 2025, the first council meeting of the 2024-2028 term took place. During the course of it, Dr Jagodzinska was elected deputy chair. The museum has very ambitious exhibition plans for this year and beyond. We are looking forward to new openings. ‘St Ives and Elsewhere’ is coming soon.

The Great Synagogue in Orla has been nominated for the 7 Most Endangered Programme along with 13 other heritage sites in Europe! This initiative, led by Europa Nostra in collaboration with the European Investment Bank (EIB), raises awareness about endangered heritage. It involves independent expert assessments, the formulation of recommendations for further actions, and the building of support for rescuing selected endangered sites across Europe.

In the next episode of the “Holistic Heritage” podcast series, Dr. Katarzyna Jagodzińska and John Beauchamp, in conversation with Augustas Serapinas and Matthew Post, the curator and concept developer of the exhibition, reflect on the situation of endangered vernacular wooden architecture in Podlasie and its surroundings. Increasingly, homes constructed from pine, spruce, and aspen beams are disappearing from the landscapes of local villages and towns. Some are decaying, while others are sold for timber or refurbished, losing their original appearance. Occasionally, they burn down, making way for new investments. Is their fate already sealed?

Technique: drawing, comics, graffiti. Material: something that writes and a wall. Message: satire dissecting violence, absurdity, and extremism. Dan Perjovschi is the guest of John Beauchamp and Katarzyna Jagodzińska in the 13th episode of our “Holistic Heritage” podcast series. Fasten your seat belts, as turbulence may occur!

The Romanian village of Viscri is world famous for two sites. One is a home of the British monarch Charles III, which was the destination of his first foreign trip after his coronation. The other is the fortified church, one of seven in Transylvania listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. But there are definitely more reasons to visit south-eastern Europe, take a listen for yourself!